bessern
[ˈbɛsɐn]
The verdict
“bessern” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,191
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas in seiner Qualität steigern, besser machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-bessern · bessern · German
bessern · rank #21,191 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,191
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Besitzerin
Nearest frequency peer: Besitzerin (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bessern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- belief
belief
78,813 corpus weight
- bemalt
bemalt
78,812 corpus weight
- Besitzerin
Besitzerin
78,811 corpus weight
- bessern
bessern
78,810 corpus weight
- Betreff
Betreff
78,809 corpus weight
- Betrunkener
Betrunkener
78,808 corpus weight
What this shows „bessern“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bessern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbɛsɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bessern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around bessern (IPA [ˈbɛsɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,191 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bessern, with forms such as "bbessern", "besern", and "besesrn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "besten", "bester", "Bussen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bessern, spelled B-E-S-S-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in seiner Qualität steigern, besser machen
- 2sich selber in Hinblick auf die (moralisch, gesellschaftlich gewünschte) Qualität steigern, qualitativ in einen gesteigerten (oder auch akzeptierteren) Zustand kommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bessern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„EBay will bei Verkäufern die Stimmung bessern.“
Das Wetter hat sich gebessert.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbessern
- besern
- besesrn
- bessenr
- bessernn
- besserrn
- bessren
- beßern
- bsesern
- ebssern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bessern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bessern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).